Summary: Laure (6 November 1784 – 7 June 1838) was born as Laure Adélaïde Constance Permon at Montpellier, was a French writer. In 1800, Laure married Jean-Andoche Junot (created Duke of Abrantès, whom she called Alexandre, in 1806). The Memoirs were published at Paris in 1831–1834 in 18 volumes. Many editions have since appeared. Of her other books the most noteworthy are Histoires contemporaines (2 vols., 1835), Scènes de la vie espagnole (2 vols., 1836), Histoire des salons de Paris (6 vols., 1837–1838), Souvenirs d'une ambassade et d'un séjour en Espagne et en Portugal, de 1808 à 1811 (2 vols., 1837).

Books of Laure Junot d'Abrantès